Greatest Disco Hits: Music For Non-Stop Dancing
| Greatest Disco Hits: Music for Non-Stop Dancing | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Studios | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 35:07 | |||
| Label | Salsoul Records | |||
| Producer | Vincent Montana Jr. | |||
| The Salsoul Orchestra chronology | ||||
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Greatest Disco Hits: Music for Non-Stop Dancing is an album released by the Salsoul Orchestra in 1978 on Salsoul Records (LP record SA 8508).[1] It is noted for its pioneering use of slip-cueing,[2] known at the time as “disco blending,” a phrase coined by Walter Gibbons.
Reception
Prior to landing on the charts, the album had been reviewed as a “perfect party record” by Billboard magazine.[3] Greatest Disco Hits entered the Billboard 200 album charts on September 9, 1978, and remained there for 13 weeks; it peaked at #97 and was the group's last album to break the top 100.[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Vincent Montana Jr. except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Salsoul: 3001 (Introduction)" | 1:03 | |
| 2. | "Nice ‘n' Naasty" | 4:17 | |
| 3. | "Getaway" | Peter Cor, Beloyd Taylor | 2:33 |
| 4. | "You're Just the Right Size" | 3:04 | |
| 5. | "Chicago Bus Stop (Ooh, I Love It)" | 2:46 | |
| 6. | "Tangerine" | Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger | 2:19 |
| 7. | "Salsoul Hustle" | 3:16 | |
| 8. | "Magic Bird of Fire" | 3:04 | |
| 9. | "It's Good for the Soul" | 2:30 | |
| 10. | "Salsoul Rainbow" | 2:01 | |
| 11. | "Don't Beat Around the Bush" | 2:48 | |
| 12. | "Salsoul: 3001" | 5:26 | |
| Total length: | 35:07 | ||
Notes
- "Salsoul: 3001" adapted by Montana from Richard Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra
References
- 1 2 The Billboard Albums, 6th ed. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 914. ISBN 0-89820-166-7
- ↑ Lysloff, René T. A. (2003). Music and technoculture. Wesleyan University Press. p. 311. ISBN 9780819565143. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ↑ Billboard Top Album Picks August 12, 1978, page 80.